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Timber Run Aspen Unit 101 | Winter Park Vacation Rental
This non smoking and no pets allowed unit has 1,450 square feet of living space with comfortable furnishings and a 1 car garage parking and is on the ground floor of the building with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.
The living room has a large seating area with queen sofa sleeper, TV with VCR, free Wi-Fi access in the unit.
Adjacent to the main living room, a small seating area with additional sofa, table and chairs surround the gas fireplace.
At the end of the main room, the dining area provides access to the private balcony and will comfortable seat 6 persons.
In the large kitchen guests will have all the cooking and eating utensils, appliances and plenty of counter top space for meal preparation.
One queen bed is in the master bedroom with en-suite full bathroom. Second bedroom has two twin beds. Third bedroom has one queen bed. A second full bathroom is accessible from the common hallway.
Location: Aspen Building, ground floor
Bedding Configuration: Queen in the Master bedroom, 2 Twins in the second bedroom, Queen in the third bedroom, sofa sleeper in living area.
Amenities in unit: Free Wi-Fi access, 1-car garage, views of Winter Park Resort.
COVID Housekeeping: All of our cleaning standards and products are aligned with VRMA, WHO and CDC.
We are laundering all bedding in our commercial washers and dryers after each guest stay. All bedding is double sheeted.
All products in the vacation rental for guest use will be individually wrapped for protection.
There will be a 24 hour (1 day) gap between reservations.
We will implement keyless entry or secured lock box for entry to all vacation rentals.
Our staff will have new PPE and wear masks, protective gloves and shoe coverings.
Amenities on property: The Timber Run complex is 1 mile from downtown Winter Park and all condominiums units offer a mountain views, outdoor hot tub, small workout facility, laundry facilities and on the winter shuttle route.
Transportation: On FREE shuttle route to Winter Park Resort and town of Winter Park. Shuttle stops in front of the Timber Run Condominiums complex twice per hour.
"NO SMOKING AND NO PETS ALLOWED. Homeowner Association rules at Timber Run Condominiums do not permit guests to bring pets. These rules are strictly enforced. Guests will be fined $200 per day if they smoke or bring a pet on the property."
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Overall Rating:4.8 4.8
overall, the place was great from a proxy perspective, what new needed, and the staff and communication for the most part was solid. Negatives - part of the reason I booked this place was what I mentioned above and for the pool/hottub. This was closed due to repair yet received no notification or discount due to it. when booking a place in the winter that was a huge part of my search given my budget. just disappointed
Property Manager Response:
Thank you Patrick for your review and feed back. We are glad that you did enjoy your stay and our staff was helpful. We do apologize the recreation center was not available to you and there was some miscommunication. We do hope that you will consider us again on your next trip to Winter Park.
Everything was great about this stay. The accommodations were good with easy access to skiing. The building was well maintained and everything worked great. The only issue was with the parking. Our rental car was mistakenly booted by the Condo Association but the Rental Management was quick to resolve the issue at no cost to us. The resort village itself was a little disappointing as they could use more retail shopping opportunities and a greater variety of food places. All in all a good stay.
Property Manager Response:
Thank you for your review Brian. We are glad that you enjoyed the condo rental and were able to assist you with the parking problem. We would love to host you again on your next trip to the Winter Park area.
A great ski vacation for our family! The condo was perfect for our 7 adults ages 20+! Lots of room to spread out and not feel like you are on top of each other. Condo was very clean, updated and fully stocked, great service and communication from the management company too! Would definitely stay here again!
Property Manager Response:
Thank you Cheryl for the wonderful review. We love to hear when our guest enjoyed their time in the area and our vacation rental. We look forward to hosting you again on your next trip to the area.
Everything went well with our stay in the condo. It's located in a serene area, up the hill behind Safeway. Although we didn't use it, we saw the free shuttle many times. The condo was quiet, clean, and convenient. Appliances that we used: drip coffee maker, toaster, microwave. It was also convenient to have use of the washer dryer. We were pleased with the garage and starting our car each morning in a warm/dry environment. Before you rent you should know that the living space is quite small. There is seating for four around the TV at most. Also will mention the couch was very sinky. Both bedrooms have queen beds and plenty of room. The two bathrooms each have showers. As mentioned in other reviews, it does take a long time for the water to heat up that – – that's something you can deal with by starting the shower a couple minutes before you want to enter. Also the mattresses could both be replaced as they sunk in a great deal. We feel the price met our expectations and we were treated very well.
The address provided in the check-in instructions is inaccurate & should be elk ranch instead of elk creek, but grateful for the team answering our call and guiding us to the home. We appreciate maintenance coming quickly to fix the keyless entry, but we had issues with the code throughout our stay. However, it was not a big issue but maybe something to address for the next folks. The house was very nice and had everything we could need. The only thing we would recommend is adding tips for how to light the fireplace and for giving guests a heads up on where to park. Someone came by each day to get into the garage, so it would be nice for guests to know to park to one side to accommodate.
Excellent rental unit. Spacious living area. Excellent location walking to food, activities, and transportation to lift. Great pool and community center. We will come back and will ask for this unit.
Property Manager Response:
Thank you for the wonderful review! We love to know that our guests enjoyed their stay with us and in WP. We hope to see you again soon
Very cozy condo! Checking in and out was very easy. Condo had all kitchen stuff we needed. We had a wonderful time.
Property Manager Response:
Thank you for the wonderful review! We are happy to hear that you enjoyed the condo and your stay with us. We hope to see you again soon.
207 is a cozy. comfortable one BR. Great location. Had issues with wifi. Other than that we enjoyed our stay.
Great stay. Everything was clean and in order. Master bed mattress is rough to sleep on.
Property Manager Response:
Thank you for your review and feedback. We are glad to hear that you enjoy the Winter Park area and sorry to hear that the bed was not satisfactory. We will make sure that our Housekeeping Manager and Director of Rental Operations is aware and they will be able to contact the owner of the unit to get a new bed purchased. We hope to see you again on your next trip to Winter Park
We had such an amazing time in Colorado and staying in this unit. The unit was clean, had a convenient location and perfect size for a family of 5. My only wish was a better stocked kitchen.
Property Manager Response:
Thank you for the 5 star review. We love to hear that our guests enjoyed their stay in Winter Park and at our vacation rental.
The condo was neat, clean, very comfortable and nicely decorated. The unit is in walking distance of downtown Winter Park. I will definitely rent there again!
Property Manager Response:
Thank you for the 5 star review. We are very happy to know that you enjoyed your stay and we look forward to having you stay again
Awesome condo. clean, decorated nicely, and location was great. unfortunately had to leave early because of altitude sickness.
Property Manager Response:
Thank you for the positive review! We are very happy to know that you enjoyed your stay with us and we love your photo.
We loved our stay! The condo was fantastic and perfect for us. Very clean and well represented in the photos. The complex was very quiet. The bed was super comfy, as was the couch. We hope to come back!
Property Manager Response:
Thank you for the positive review! We love to hear that our guests enjoyed their stay and our vacation rental. We can't wait to see you again.
Great condo, completely remodeled and ultra clean and modern! Perfect location walking distance to great restaurants, easy access to the slopes!
Property Manager Response:
Thank you for the 5 star review! We love to know that guests enjoyed our vacation rental and their visit to Winter Park.
We had a wonderful time celebrating our son's 16th birthday. He had a great time snowboarding. The mountains, town, and condo were all beautiful. We will be back next year.
Property Manager Response:
Thank you for the positive review! We are very happy to know that you and your family enjoyed your stay with us and we look forward to hosting you again on your next trip to Winter Park.
Your request has been sent. We look forward to meeting all your vacation needs!
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79050 US Hwy 40, Ste 201 | PO Box 3095
Winter Park, CO 80482
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The two marathon bombing suspects. The man in the white hat is still believed to be at large.
With a bomb strapped to his chest, one of the Boston Marathon suspects was killed early Friday after he and his accomplice brother robbed a 7-Eleven, shot a police officer to death, carjacked an SUV and hurled explosives in an extraordinary firefight with law enforcement, authorities told NBC News.
The second suspect — the one in the white hat in photos released by the FBI — was on the loose. Gov. Deval Patrick ordered the entire city of Boston and some suburbs to stay inside during what he called a "massive manhunt," and police began a house-to-house search. Boston shut down its buses and subway system.
The suspects are brothers of Chechen origin with the last name Tsarnaev, law enforcement officials told NBC News. The suspect at large, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is 19, was born in Kyrgyzstan and has a Massachusetts driver's license, they said. The dead suspect was identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, born in Russia.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev was run over by a vehicle during the firefight, law enforcement officials told NBC News. Law enforcement officials also told NBC News that the brothers entered the United States with family in 2002 or 2003, and that Tamerlan Tsarnaev became a legal permanent resident in 2007.
Watch special live coverage from NBC News
Suspects in bombings are brothers, authorities say
The chaotic sequence of events started six hours after the FBI triggered a nationwide manhunt by releasing photos of the suspects, believed responsible for detonating two bombs at the marathon finish line Monday, killing three people and injuring 176.
Watertown resident Andrew Kitzenberg says he had a "clear line of view" of what he said looked "like a pressure cooker bomb."
The suspect at large was described by authorities as light-skinned and with brown, curly hair, and wearing a gray hoodie.
"There is a terrorist on the loose," a law enforcement officer said at a press conference before dawn.
Police shut a 4-mile stretch of streets between Cambridge, Mass., and Watertown because they could be littered with unexploded devices, and they began a door-to-door search in Watertown. A convoy of at least 20 vehicles, including military-style humvees and buses, was seen descending on the town.
More than 1 million people in Boston and the suburbs were ordered to stay inside and lock their doors.
"I just want to speak to the community of Watertown. We need your help now. We are asking everyone to shelter into your place," Watertown Police Chief Edward Deveau said. "The Watertown community has always stood strong. We need them to do that today."
Harvard University, Boston University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, other colleges and Boston public schools all closed. Emerson University closed and told students to stay where they were.
Andrew Kitzenberg, who lives in Watertown, said he saw the two men shooting at six police cars from 70 or 80 yards away.
"There was a long exchange of gunfire," told NBC News in an interview. He said that he saw the suspects use what looked like a pressure-cooker bomb.
"I saw them light this bomb. They threw it towards the officers," he said. "It created a significant decoy, and there was smoke that covered our entire street."
Investigators believe at least one of the two bombs that exploded at the marathon finish line was housed in an ordinary kitchen pressure cooker.
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Police with guns drawn search for a suspect on April 19, 2013 in Watertown, Mass. Earlier, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus police officer was shot and killed late Thursday night at the school's campus in Cambridge. A short time later, police reported exchanging gunfire with alleged carjackers in Watertown, a city near Cambridge. It's not clear whether the shootings are related or whether either are related to the Boston Marathon bombing.
President Barack Obama was briefed overnight on the events, a White House official told NBC News. On Thursday, he spoke at a prayer service for the marathon victims and vowed that the people responsible would be caught.
Law enforcement officials said the tumult began just before 11 p.m., when the suspects approached a police officer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and shot him in the head.
The two then stole the officer's cruiser, robbed a nearby 7-Eleven, carjacked a Mercedes SUV and briefly kidnapped the driver, the sources said. The suspects threw explosives out the window during the chase that followed, they said. A Boston transit police officer was shot and wounded, authorities said.
The dead suspect — the man in the black hat from the FBI photos — had an improvised explosive device strapped to his chest, law enforcement officials said.
Kitzenberg said that the firefight ended when one of the shooters ran toward the Watertown officers and ultimately fell to the ground. Kitzenberg said he could not tell whether the man was tackled or had been shot.
The other drove the SUV through a line of police offcers at the end of the street, he said. A bullet from the gunbattle lodged in the wall of Kitzenberg's apartment, he said.
Kitzenberg said that while he had a clear view of the shooters, he could not see their faces. He described them as "average size, average height."
"We heard a loud blast and we didn't know what it was," said Rebecca Carbone, who stepped out of her home when she heard sirens. "It sounded like a car backfiring."
John Grimes, a retired letter carrier, said that he heard three loud explosions, "and you don't hear explosions at night a lot."
Dominick Reuter / EPA
Massachusetts State Police, Cambridge Police and MIT Police search at the scene of the shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Police Officer in Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 18, 2013.
This is a developing story. Please check back for more updates. Tom Winter, Kerry Sanders and Jonathan Dienst of NBC News contributed to this report. Reuters also contributed to this report.
This story was originally published on Fri Apr 19, 2013 5:02 AM EDT

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Kanotix Requests - danboid's first impressions of Dragonfire preview
- 27.05.2012, 14:13 Uhr
danboid's first impressions of Dragonfire preview
Hi Kano and co!
I've been mainly running regular Debian testing for the last two or three years now and so rather than create my own distro based upon wheezy I was hoping I might find an existing one that fulfills my needs and the new Dragonfire preview release is the nearest I've found to my ideal distro yet although I have a few suggestions that I think would improve the existing Kanotix experience. I was very happy to discover a Wheezy-based Kanotix as I was disappointed with Mint Debian which seemed to introduce many problems I didn't have with regular Debian.
First, I think the installation instructions and website need some clarification. It is common these days for machines to have no optical drive so many will need to install Kanotix off USB and I couldn't find any working, complete instructions on how to run or install Kanotix off USB on its website, although some working methods (if with incorrect instructions or dead links) are mentioned in the forums such as in this thread:
Although the link given there for image-writer didn't work for me so I'd suggest you add some simple instructions on the kanotix download page on how to get and use image-writer to transfer kanotix to a USB drive, such as downloading it with this command:
git clone
Then using the instructions in the previous link/thread. Using unetbootin with kanotix didn't work for me and I've yet to try simply dd'ing the iso but image-writer is nice as it gives a progress indicator unlike dd.
After booting Kanotix, my first minor prob was that I noticed that even though I'd chosen the English grub boot option, KDE's keymap was still set to DE. Its easily changed of course but I'd like to see the KDE keymap default to US if English is picked at boot if possible?
I was one of Kanotix's earliest users almost a decade ago and its gained a new QT4 insaller since I last tried the distro and I really like it! I was especially happy to see Kanotix still installs in under 10m even on old hardware and despite the fact its on a DVD instead of a CD now. Great!
The first real, major issue I have with Kanotix as it stands is its decision to stick with KDE's default knetworkmanager or whatever its called. As a Linux user of 16 years now I firmly believe that one of the (if not THE most important prob) major things holding back much wider adoption of Linux is the fact that both KDE and GNOME's default networkmanager apps are both useless, frustrating nightmares for anyone whos not permanently hardwired to a network socket. knetworkmanager is a nightmare to try and configure for use with wifi, not in the least due to its reliance/insistance on kwallet and its password upon password upon password!
Please please PLEASE!
Ditch the default KDE net management tools ASAP for regular wicd. wicd works great for both wired and wifi users and its a real shame that Ubuntu and other big distros didn't adopt it as default years ago as being able to easily connect to wifi is an absolute must in this day and age. Doing this one thing would mean I could start recommending Kanotix to Linux newbs without me having to come over, install it to HD and then swap out knet for wicd, which is a daunting process for someone new to Linux. Out of the 1000's of distros released over the years, I am shocked and saddened that so few distros have done the right thing and shipped wicd as default- antix being one of the enlightened ones but I'm ideally after such a distro with wicd and KDE as standard (unlike Antix).
Seeing as Kanotix includes Skype you're obviously not FOSS purists so it seems strange that you don't include the flash plugin too- why not? I know Flash is on its way out but I still make daily use of it as does most every other regular desktop, web-browsing user.
GNOME Mplayer seems a poor choice of alternate (to VLC) media player. smplayer is a vastly superior multimedia player and is what I recommend to those trying to play videos and get sound over HDMI as it seems to have more sound options than the alternatives. Its the best mplayer gui I know of and it fits in better with Kanotix as its a QT based app instead of a GNOME/GTK app like GNOME Mplayer.
Whilst we're talking media players, have you considered using Clementine instead of Amarok?
I've only just installed the Dragonfire preview on an old Vaio (PCG-8Q1M - its a 1.8Ghz Pentium M w/ 1GB RAM) laptop I have here so far. Kanotix seems to have installed fine but hi-speed (ehci) USB2 doesn't seem to be working right now - I'm only getting USB 1 transfer rates. Seems the ehci_hcd module is compiled into the kernel so I tried modprobing usb-storage and thats made no difference. I was running AV Linux on this laptop before - that used a 3.0.x kernel and USB2 was working fine so have you got any suggestions before I go installing other kernels? I can provide you with the dmidecode, dmesg and lspci etc if needed.
Thanks for your help and the excellent ('cept knetwork maybe
- 27.05.2012, 16:51 Uhr
Hi danboid,
welcome back to Kanotix. Thx for testing Dragonfire and your feedback.
1. I will fix the website after this post here immediatly.
2. I prefer KDEs network-manager frontend instead of wicd. You can use it even without kwallet support.
3. For flash plugin you should have an installer script, that comes out of kanotix-scripts package. Run as user "install-flash-local".
4. Towards mplayer frontend, yes my favorite is smplayer too. Maybe we can change it for the final Dragonfire version.
5. I know Clementine and yes, some Kanotix users prefer it instead of Amarok (stalin200 donate 100¤ to Clementine main dev for moodbar support), but I do NOT. I really like Amarok and I think it is the better audio player for KDE.
6. For this USB problem I would recommend to visit the IRC and discussing it there.
Best regards,
- 30.05.2012, 18:30 Uhr
RE: danboid
Hi TheOne!
Thanks for your responses! I have been looking into my remaining issues and got most of my initial problems resolved so I just wanted to post a brief update here.
On the KDE network plasmoid, I did eventually get it to save my wifi keys and reconnect automatically at boot thanks to Kano explaining it on IRC. I still need to check with the plasmoids author but I have not been able to find any documentation for this process linked on kde.org or on what I think is the homepage of the plasmoid. If it does indeed prove to be non-existent I shall write one soon.
I wrote a long email to the NM plasmoid author detailing all my problems with it and he quickly replied with an answer to all my questions so full marks for dev responsiveness! It turns out that pretty much everything I don't like about it is due to its nm backend so I was actually misdirecting my grief, poor guy! Unfortunately he disagrees with me that the devices should be labelled with their driver names, which is a shame as I find it awkward to use as it is if you have multiple wifi or ethernet devices.
I'm going to try sticking with the KDE network plasmoid now and see how I get on. Now I know how to get it to save passwords properly I should be OK but I still think this process is an unfriendly mess and it has been and will continue to scare off potential users of KDE, Kanotix and Linux in general. GNOME nm suffers this same prob to a lesser degree and wicd is still the only gui Linux network manager that stores its passwords in a user friendly manner.
I've not tried it yet but there is also a KDE plasmoid GUI for wicd that could be a better alternative for some KDE users who don't like its default network manager:
As for the USB issue I had, I'm now thinking one of my ports on this ol' laptop has a hardware fault - in fact I'm pretty sure of it as it kept disconnecting and unmounting earlier but the other ports are working fine at full usb2 speed.
Kanotix is looking to be in excellent shape and I'm very much looking forward to the final release of Dragonfire!
- 30.05.2012, 20:08 Uhr
RE: danboid
You can try to install the official debian kernel to compare if that helps with usb.
32 bit:
apt-get install linux-image-686-pae linux-headers-686-pae
64 bit:
apt-get install linux-image-amd64 linux-headers-amd64
be aware that these kernels are not the first choice in the grub selection.
- 02.06.2012, 02:22 Uhr
RE: danboid
I was hoping to try sticking with the KDE networking plasmoid but on my fully dist-upgraded and rebooted dragonfire install here I have been unable to get kwalletmanager to run to manage KDEs and network manager passwords, I just get this error twice:
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
I have noticed that DF currently uses KDE 4.8.3 whilst regular wheezy uses 4.7.x but I've not had chance to see if the regular wheezy KDE version also has this problem yet.
- 02.06.2012, 22:13 Uhr
RE: danboid
I've been running Hellfire since it was introduced and like it a lot. For what it may lack in bleeding-edge applications, it makes up for in stability.
There's a short tutorial on how to install Dragonfire to a USB stick on
Acritox's site
Having KDE 4.8.3 is certainly nice, and is a nice feat of engineering, but...why? What's wrong with the version of KDE (currently 4.7.4) that ships with Wheezy?
Here are my criticisms of Dragonfire, for what they're worth. (This applies to Trialshot 120518a, installed and dist-upgraded to current.)
The biggest bugs are the inability to start gparted and synaptic from the kicker menu after installation. There are, of course, manual fixes for both issues, but the point is that we're in sort of a golden age for KDE distros right now. Why would people want to use a distro that can't run apps that need administrator rights from the menu from the get-go, when there are a bunch of other distros that can?
Two cosmetic issues of note:
The kdm theme was set to Ariya rather than Kanotix Star Rise.
One thing that's a personal gripe is not being able to use GUI tools to make GNOME-based applications look better. The GTK+ Appearance System Settings module seems to have no effect on the appearance of apps that use GTK2 themes, so you have to do it manually. (Out of the box, the GTK2 theme used is Industrial, which is kind of ugly) There isn't a System Settings plugin to change the GTK3 theme, so you have to do that manually as well. (Out of the box, the GTK3 theme used is Raleigh, which is really ugly.)
The best thing would be to have them both pre-configured out of the box to use nicer-looking (perhaps oxygem) themes.
- 02.06.2012, 23:12 Uhr
RE: danboid
The kdm theme is correct now, basically a 1 line change in the kdmrc, most likely you kept the old one. Btw. there is an annoying bug with kde 4.7 from wheezy/sid: just press the power button and compare when something happens.
- 03.06.2012, 10:02 Uhr
start gparted issue
eco2geek hat folgendes geschrieben::
The biggest bugs are the inability to start gparted and synaptic from the kicker menu after installation. There are, of course, manual fixes for both issues, but the point is that we're in sort of a golden age for KDE distros right now.
This annoying bug was in the last Dragonfire-trialshot-Image but NOT in the official LinuxTag-Dragonfire Release.
So let's test and find the golden way to Debian-Wheezy and KDE with Dragonfire...
- 03.06.2012, 22:47 Uhr
Update on kwalletmanager problem
I have now successfully rebuilt Kanotix DF 32bit with the latest updates + KDE 4.7.4 instead of 4.8.3 but I'm experiencing exactly the same problem with kwalletmanager under both versions.
If I go to System Settings -> Account Details -> Kwallet as soon as Kanotix has booted then I can usually see and click on the 'Launch Wallet Manager' button (which does the same as typing kwalletmanager) in the bottom right of the window but then if I close the kwalletmanager window and the System Settings windows then try opening them again in going back to find the 'Launch Wallet Manager' button its normally disappeared and when it does go it doesn't return unless you logout or reboot.
I also get this same prob under DF 64bit, so its not a 32/64bit or KDE 4.7 vs 4.8 thing either it seems.
- 04.06.2012, 01:08 Uhr
Re: start gparted issue
Daddy-G hat folgendes geschrieben::
This annoying bug was in the last Dragonfire-trialshot-Image but NOT in the official LinuxTag-Dragonfire Release.
Nice work.
I really like the 4-in-1 DVD, too.
(As to the original poll that started this topic, I have no preference -- clicking the networking icon in the system tray shows my wireless network [and those of my neighbors] graphically, and allows me to connect quite easily. Not sure why newbies would have a problem with it.)
- 04.06.2012, 13:09 Uhr
RE: Re: start gparted issue
If you only connect hardwired or to open wifi connections, the kde networking tool is fine and I don't think anywould would have any probs with it. The problems arise if you are connecting to password protected WPA (or WEP) networks as then users will encounter the quagmire of options and places you can easily misconfigure kwallet.
I started writing a guide to managing kwallet passwords for the networking plasmoid but I've had to postpone this until I can get kwalletmanager to work reliably as I'd like to be able to recommend people use that instead of just deleting all the kwallet settings when things get misconfigured. You do not have any such issues using wicd as it doesn't use kwallet.
It is possible to configure the kde networking plasmoid to store passwords without KDE wallet but all this detail should make it clear why I'm writing some docs for this and advising most people/ distros switch to wicd.
I have wrote to the KDE dev who deals with this applet to see if he knows why kwalletmanager doesn't always work so I've not given up on it just yet.
- 08.06.2012, 21:07 Uhr
RE: Re: start gparted issue
I still haven't tried the latest git version of network manager kde but after having spent a few weeks tryimng my hardest to get the version of it currently in the wheezy repos to behave well with wifi connections I can honestl;y recommend others not to bother.
The best solution for connecting to wifi under KDE right now seems to be to install wicd-kde, uninstall network-manager and add the wicd plasmoid/applet to your system tray - certainly if you don't enjoy compiling your own network tools which is likely required if you want to stand a good chance of getting the regular kde networking plasmoid working.
Just what percentage of users actually use more than one ethernet or wifi conection anyway? I think desktop/ ordinary user targetted distros like I think Kanotix is, or could be, should target the most common user setups and to me there is no question which networking app works the best in most usual use cases involving wifi.
The developer of the KDE networking tool doesn't even have a WPA router to test with. I offered to send him one for free but he didn't respond to my offer.
- 05.07.2012, 10:36 Uhr
RE: Re: start gparted issue
Es gibt sogar eine (Un-)Menge Ratschläge in Kanotix.com für die Erstellung eines Boot-Sticks:
I couldn't find any working, complete instructions on how to run or install Kanotix off USB on its website, although some working methods (if with incorrect instructions or dead links) are mentioned in the forums such as in this thread:
Bei mir hat die Methode mit dem Meego Image Creator aus dem WIKI für die Dragonfire-Preview gut funktioniert:
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Chasing the Southern Cross
Region: Europe
Date: May 2011
Southern Cross Time Lapse from Spain - Parque Nacional del Teide, Tenerife, Canary Islands from STARRYEARTH on Vimeo.
Southern Cross Time Lapse from Spain - Parque Nacional del Teide, Tenerife, Canary Islands from STARRYEARTH on Vimeo.
Have you ever seen the Southern Cross (constellation Crux) from 28 degrees north? This is perhaps a northern most record to capture the complete view of this small but notable southern constellation. This time-lapse video shows stars moving over the southern horizon of Tenerife, Canary Islands. The video is made of a sequence of many short-exposure images (See this sequence in a startrail image. As added by the photographer "The video is the result of nearly two hours of continuous shots. To my knowledge this is the first ever imagery of full Southern Cross, including the lower star Acrux from this northern latitude. I was at Teide National Park at altitude of 2300 meters, probably the place with darkest and most transparent sky on the island. The atmospheric physics contained in this view is interesting too. Theoretically the star Acrux (alpha Crux at declination -63º 10') never appears over the horizon of this place. However, due to atmospheric refraction and the high altitude, the star is visible only for a few minutes in mid-May in early evening. The color of the star appears deep red while it's really a blue star, because its seen through the horizon and its light travels a longer distance in the Earth atmosphere to reach the viewer, causing its shorter wavelength to absorbed in our atmosphere (similar to orange-red view of the sun at sunset or sunrise). While I imaged Crux at the very limit of its northern visibility it is interesting that the constellation was visible about 2000 years ago in Mediterranean regions due to the precession of the equinoxes. This seems to be the scientific origin for festivities of May Cross ("Cruz de Mayo" in Spanish), celebrated all over Spain. Crux is the smallest constellation in the sky and one of the most famous, because it's used to locate the south celestial pole. Beginning in the colonial age, Crux was selected as a national symbol by several southern nations. The brightest stars of Crux appear on the flags of Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Samoa." Juan Carlos Casado/Starryearth.com
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After Deal Changes With Zynga, Facebook Could Now Make Its Own Games
Could Facebook delve into the game-making business?
According to documents filed with the SEC, it's possible.
Facebook and gaming giant Zynga revised their long-standing contract agreements on Thursday, freeing up Zynga from a number of restrictions originally agreed upon by the two companies back in 2010. Among the changes, Zynga isn't obligated to use Facebook Credits for Zynga game pages, and won't be forced to launch games exclusively on the Facebook platform.
But buried in the legalese another line jumped out at us.
"…effective on March 31, 2013, certain provisions related to web and mobile growth targets and schedules will no longer be applicable and Facebook will no longer be prohibited from developing its own games."
Say what? Up until now, Facebook has expressed no intention to create games of its own. After all, Facebook has long since courted other game-making companies besides Zynga, including Wooga and King.com.
Facebook, of course, is strenuously denying it would ever attempt to start creating games.
"We're not in the business of building games and we have no plans to do so," a Facebook spokesperson told me. "We're focused on being the platform where games and apps are built."
In fact, part of this extrication from Zynga in today's contract changes is an attempt to divest the two companies from such dependence on one another. While on the decline, Zynga still makes up a significant portion of Facebook's payments business revenues.
Now Facebook wants that pot to be spread more evenly across other developers — like the aforementioned Wooga and King — while Zynga needs to move faster from its reliance on Facebook's ever-so-powerful News Feed and king-making algorithms.
And to follow that thread, Facebook making its own games would surely alienate other game makers building on the Facebook platform. It would be a risky move with the potential to tick off a lot of the very developers Facebook is trying to court.
Update 3:06 pm PT: One possible scenario — In the original Facebook/Zynga agreement, the contract explicitly states, "FB shall not offer or otherwise make available on the Facebook Site or the Facebook Platform any Facebook Game." Since many of the original provisions between the companies have changed, and Zynga is being treated as any other game maker on the platform, it's possible the new provisions are just being spelled out explicitly in Zynga's 8-K filing on Thursday.
So in other words, the lawyers are making it plain: Facebook can build — or not build — whatever it wants.
Still, that added clause may give other game makers pause if Facebook ever decides to change its mind.
Shares of Zynga were trading down nearly 9 percent after hours at $2.39, while shares of Facebook were up a penny at $27.33.


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Mubi (夢火, Mubi) is a genin from Amegakure.
Mubi has a low, trimmed black hair and wore a yellow jumpsuit that was stitched up the middle along with a pair of sandals. He also wore a forehead protector that covered his whole head, a rebreather and a sash around his face leaving only his left eye visible.
In the anime, he was seen in a kimono shirt, pants, slippers, bandages around his legs and waist and a pair of glasses with the right eye obstructed.
He has been described as patient, and methodical. He like his teammates seems to really enjoy a fight, especially one that they can win easily.
Mubi is a fairly competent shinobi with knowledge of techniques across a wide range. He is especially proficient in genjutsu and clone techniques being able to use the Mist Servant Technique which created clones of himself as well as the Sly Mind Affect Technique both of which were used to wear out their enemies before attacking them. In the anime, he has also been shown using a crossbow.
Nature Transformation
He is also able to use earth release techniques which allowed him to travel and emerge from underground without disrupting the surrounding area. In the anime it was also shown that he is able to create clones from water.
Part I
Chūnin Exams
Main article: Chūnin Exams
In the second phase of the Chūnin Exams, Mubi and his teammates used a number of different genjutsu to cause Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno and Kabuto Yakushi to waste time and tire themselves out. After having them fight illusions for a while, Mubi and his teammates engage them. They quickly find out that what appeared to be the Konoha ninja were really just shadow clones in disguise, the real ninja having been resting. Mubi and his teammates are quickly defeated and did not pass the second phase.
Land of Tea Escort Mission
Main article: Land of Tea Escort Mission
In the anime, Mubi and his teammates, under the leadership of Aoi Rokushō, where assigned by Amegakure to help the Wagarashi family win the Todoroki shrine race held in the Land of Tea. While Oboro went to stall Idate Morino, Mubi and Kagari prepared a ship for naval combat. After sinking Idate's ship, the Ame genin went to battle Team 7 underwater, where they held the advantage. However, Naruto used his Rasengan training to hand them another humiliating defeat as the first part of the Rasengan training created a whirlpool that sucked Oboro's team into a trench. They were immobilised afterwards as they did not return, but they are assumed to have survived because of their masks.
In Other Media
Video Games
Mubi is a playable character in the following video games:
|Game name
|Japanese release
|English release
|Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Blazing
|14 July 2016
|24 August 2016
|Naruto: Shinobi Collection Shippū Ranbu
|27 July 2015
- The kanji in Mubi's name stand for "dream" (夢) and "fire" (火).
- According to the databook(s):
- His favourite food is steamed aubergine, and namasu.
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To grandmother's house? You might want to stay home
Of the classics of world literature crying out to be adapted as a sexual fantasy for teenage girls, surely Red Riding Hood is far down on the list. Here's a movie that cross-pollinates the Twilight formula with a werewolf, and adds a girl who always wears a hooded red cape, although I don't recall her doing any riding. It's easy to imagine a story conference in which they said: "Hey! Let's switch the vampires with a werewolf and recycle the theme of a virgin attracted to a handsome but dangerous hunk, only let's get two hunks!"
What this inspiration fails to consider is that while a young woman might toy with the notion of a vampire boyfriend, she might not want to mate with a wolf. And although she might think it was, like, cool to live in the woods in Oregon, she might not want to live in the Black Forest hundreds of years ago because, like, can you text from there? Full review.


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Holly Fulton's new line sent us back to the decade that fashion, allegedly, forgot. Models hit the runway in looks that The Good Life's Margo Leadbetter would kill for — think silk, A-line shirtdresses in delicate floral prints, and matchy-matchy pajama suits with oversized shades and Swedish Hasbeen sandals. Cool pastels dominated the 40-strong collection, and Fulton's love of embellishment was there for all to see in rosebud-embroidered jackets.
Our favourite look was a denim A-line skirt with the designer's signature deco-print appliqued across it. It was the piece that we first saw when we visited the designer's studio last month (which we were sworn to secrecy about). And it was also a real pleasure to see Fulton working with denim — could a collection be in the pipeline? Hair was a top knot with a cascade of curls framing the face, bringing to mind a young Krystle Carrington. If this is what the '70s (could have) looked like, we're more than happy to take a step back in time.


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Zach Galligan of "Gremlins" fame and Cody Blue Snider of Dee Snider's son fame have been added to the cast of "Hatchet 3" as a sheriff and police officer, respectively. Is that the right way to use "respectively"? I have no idea but I've always wanted to use it. Check that one off the bucket list!
Baseball may be the most god awful boring sport to watch but damn it all if I don't love spending a Saturday getting drunk on the couch watching the Mets crush my hopes and dreams. But I'll admit it could use a lot more violence, like in the upcoming big screen adaptation of the "Sullivan's Sluggers" graphic novel. The story follows a down and out baseball manager who, along with his team, must battle their way out of a monster infested town. Like "The Bad News Bears" but with people getting murdered.
Horror and topless vet Debbie Rochon is set to hop into the director's chair for the first time with a new film titled "Model Hunger". The film tells the story of what happens when the modeling industry pushed a girl too far and she lashes out. The only modeling jokes I know have to do with coffee and cigarettes and I'm pretty sure they've moved on to some sort of weird drug by now so I'm just going to run along.
The Lifetime network, probably the first time it's been mentioned on this site, has a new series in the works based on Clarice Starling, the sassy FBI agent that brought down Buffalo Bill in "The Silence Of the Lambs". The show will be called "Clarice"... clever... and will follow the young agent on her journey shortly after graduating. That's all I'm saying... I've been accused of hating woman too many times... I bet she'll burn an ex boyfriend's bed... ALRIGHT that's the only thing I'll say.
The number of people that have come up to me and told me about this naked guy in Miami who was shot while eating another naked guy is both impressive and concerning. Well I guess just concerning. Is there something about me that makes people want to run right over and tell me about anything they read involving naked men eating each other? I think I've made some mistakes in my life.
He cut his flesh off and threw it at the police in Hackensack, is that all you get for your money? Ya know, like the Billy Joel song? It's funny. Minus the guy cutting off his own skin.


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Officer's Sickening Cannibalism Plot Was Not Just a Fantasy, Prosecutor Says
It's a ghoulish tale to rival Hannibal Lecter: A police officer using a law enforcement database creates a list of scores of women he plots to abduct, kill and — in ways he describes in sickening detail — eat.
The federal charges against Gilberto Valle are real. But was his alleged appetite for cannibalism more than fantasy?
Federal prosecutors told a judge on Thursday that even though no one was harmed, the answer is definitely yes.
With one potential victim, Valle "took active and affirmative steps" that brought him to the brink of "kidnapping a woman, cooking her and actually eating her," Assistant U.S. Attorney Hadassa Waxman said in arguing successfully to deny the officer bail.
Valle's attorney countered that her client only indulged in deviant fantasies played out in fetish chat rooms and elsewhere on the Internet.
"Nothing has happened," said the lawyer, Julia Gatto. "We may be offended. We may be alarmed. But it's just talk, your honor."
The shocking allegations against Valle — a six-year New York Police Department veteran, college graduate and father of an infant child — were revealed Thursday in a criminal complaint charging him with kidnapping conspiracy and unauthorized use of the database.
Magistrate Judge Henry Pitman agreed on Thursday that Gilberto Valle should be jailed without bail on charges he called "unspeakable" and "profoundly disturbing."
Authorities say the investigation began when Valle's estranged wife tipped authorities off to his chilling online activity.
A search of Valle's computer found he had created records of at least 100 women with their names, addresses and photos, the complaint says, including two identified as Victim 1 and Victim 2.
One document found on his computer was titled "Abducting and Cooking (Victim 1): A Blueprint," according to the criminal complaint. The file also had the woman's birth date and other personal information and a list of "materials needed" — a car, chloroform and rope.
"I was thinking of tying her body onto some kind of apparatus ... cook her over low heat, keep her alive as long as possible," Valle allegedly wrote in one exchange in July, the complaint says.
In other online conversations, investigators said, Valle talked about the mechanics of fitting the woman's body into an oven (her legs would have to be bent), said he could make chloroform at home to knock a woman out and discussed how "tasty" one woman looked.
"Her days are numbered," he wrote, according to the complaint.
The woman told the FBI she knew Valle and met him for lunch in July, but that's as far as it went.
The complaint alleges that in February, Valle negotiated to kidnap another woman — Victim 2 — for someone else, writing, "$5,000 and she's all yours."
He told the buyer he was aspiring to be a professional kidnapper, authorities said.
"I think I would rather not get involved in the rape," according to the complaint. "You paid for her. She is all yours, and I don't want to be tempted the next time I abduct a girl."
It says he added: "I will really get off on knocking her out, tying up her hands and bare feet and gagging her. Then she will be stuffed into a large piece of luggage and wheeled out to my van."
Cellphone data revealed that Valle made calls on the block where the woman lives, the complaint says. An FBI agent interviewed the woman, who told them that she didn't know him well and he was never in her home.
Associated Press writers Colleen Long and Meghan Barr in New York and researcher Barbara Sambriski contributed to this report.
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The Village Farm Tea Shop, open weekends and bank holidays, Easter to 30 September, uses local free range eggs, locally milled flour and local artisan breads for our sandwiches, cakes and traditional afternoon tea.
Back Street, Skipsea, East Yorkshire, YO25 8SW
tel: 01262 468479
Seaways Cafe is located in the highest village on the Yorkshire Wolds with spectacular views over the the east coast. Everyone is welcome, bikers, cyclists, holidaymakers, lorry drivers, walkers and many more.
Fimber Road, Fridaythorpe, Driffield, YO25 9RX
tel: 01377 288203
This modern designed tearoom sits within a converted Grade 2 listed stable block within the beautiful 50 acre site which is Sewerby Hall & Gardens. A perfect setting to relax either inside or on the patio area, enjoying stunning views.
Sewerby Hall and Gardens, Church Lane, Sewerby, Bridlington, YO15 1EA
tel: 01262 673769
Our licenced tea room offers a traditional homemade menu using local produce. All cakes, pies etc. are baked on site and our meats, cheese, beers, jams & preserves are from local farms. Our vegetables are from allotments in the community.
Raywell Lodge, Riplingham Road, Raywell, Beverley, HU16 5YL
tel: 01482 631702
The Coach House Cafe has a reputation for a delicious range of home cooked food and the staff take great pride in maintaining the Sledmere tradition of fine hospitality.
Sledmere House, Sledmere, Driffield, YO25 3XG
tel: 01377 236637
Lovingly restored Georgian farmhouse and outbuildings incorporating a craft and gift shop plus a tearoom and restaurant. The Wolds Village also houses 7 ensuite bedrooms, a gallery and a function room.
The Roundabout, Bainton, Nr Driffield, YO25 9EF
tel: 01377 217698
This amazing new venue in Howden overlooking a 19th century waterwheel. The Waterwheel tearoom ownes and designed in 50s retro by committed car enthusiasts is perfect for car club meetings and great food when you're out on a run.
The Waterwheel Tearoom, Barn Hill Farm,, Howden, East Yorkshire, DN14 7JP
tel: 01430 430735
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Burton Constable Hall & Grounds, Burton Constable, Sproatley, Skirlaugh, Hull, HU11 4LN
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Set in a stunning barn conversion, The Fiddle Drill is all about using fresh ingredients from local producers and making everything by hand.
Manor Farm, Main Street, Goodmanham, East Yorkshire, YO43 3JA
tel: 07598 512478
Serving both Breakfast and Lunch alongside a range of speciality teas, coffees and cakes etc. the ERT House Café is the perfect place to relax with friends or even use as a workspace for the writing of your next novel
We have chosen to make our speciality coffees using the beans which have been chosen by 'The Coffee Officina'
East Riding Theatre, The Former Chapel, 10 Lord Robert's Road, Beverley, HU17 9BE
tel: 01482 874050
Whether you want a traditional English Afternoon Tea, a full breakfast or a fine dining experience, Drewton's has it covered.
Drewton Estate, The Drewton Estate, South Cave, Nr. Brough, East Yorkshire, HU15 2AG
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A family owned and run business which specialises in showcasing a variety of products from local suppliers. The cafe has an indoor childrens soft play area aimed at under 5's along with a play paddock.
The Mile, Pocklington, YO42 1TW
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Burnby Hall Gardens, 33 The Balk, Pocklington, York, YO42 2QF
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The cafe serves a delicious range of hot and cold drinks light lunches and freshly baked cakes
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Fancy a light lunch or a snack? Langlands' coffee shops and restaurants serve a variety of delicious, generously-filled traditional sandwiches, bread cakes, baguettes and Paninis to take the edge off your appetite
Langlands Garden Centre, York Road, Shiptonthorpe, Market Weighton, East Yorkshire, YO43 3PN
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I'm a teacher who is on a reduced schedule for about four months a year, mid-December through mid-February and mid-June through mid-August. I also have a REALLY cluttered home. In the past, I've had some success with setting myself a goal of doing a certain number of hours of decluttering during my periods of reduced work. I set one overall goal (last winter and summer, it was 40 hours), then chip away at it in smaller increments of time. Some days I aim for an hour; others for four hours (with breaks!). I basically use flylady's timer method described here, but with longer periods of time than 15 minutes:
It's also helped me a lot to keep track of progress towards my goal here, so here I am setting up a new goal: to complete another 40 hours of decluttering in my house by Monday, August 26.
If anybody else wants to join in with a decluttering goal of their own for a certain number of hours, I would love company! Happily, Chicken Lady has already said she will join in this time. The more, the merrier!


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It took several months to surprise Nancy Klemp with a PSA Service Award for her long time service to PSA. The notification of the award was sent to the proposer, Gerald Emmerich, Jr., in May of last year, but because Nancy didn't attend the conference, and couldn't make the October Chapter meeting, Nancy was surprised with the presentation of the award at the January Chapter meeting.
Nancy has been an active PSA and PSA Wisconsin Chapter member since 1992. She served as Chapter Treasurer for five terms from 2001-2011; prepared the annual Chapter reports and annual Chapter budgets for PSA Headquarters; presented programs at four Chapter meetings; and is responsible for reserving the Chapter meeting room and arranging the lunches.
As a member of the Image Makers Camera Club, Nancy is the interclub coordinator for PID and PPD competitions, and had been the coordinator for CPID interclub competitions. She is also a PSA-recognized International Exhibition judge.
Nancy is a member of the PSA Youth Photography Showcase Committee and assembled the program shown at the 2013 PSA Conference in Portland, Maine.
Thank you, Nancy, for your volunteer services to all levels of PSA, and congratulations on receiving the well deserved award!


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Case: Bonzi Software, Inc.
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Advisory Opinion: Columbia Sportswear
Report: The Effect of Mortgage Broker Compensation Disclosures on Consumers and Competition: A Controlled Experiment
This report presents the results of a study that uses a controlled experiment with over 500 recent mortgage customers to examine the mortgage broker compensation disclosure proposed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as part of its July 2002 RESPA reform proposal. The focus of...
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 04-2
Addresses earnings claims in electronic advertisements, including bulk commercial email.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 04-1
Discusses the application of the Franchise Rule to a trademarked business planning course.
Advisory Opinion: Staff Advisory Opinion - Pyramid Scheme Analysis
Discusses the Commission's analysis of compensation based on personal consumption by members of a multi-level company's sales force and the legal significance of consent orders the Commission has entered with pyramid scheme operators.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 04-1
Discusses the application of the Telemarketing Sales Rule's Fee Rule provision to independent or franchised agents of a company.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 03-5
Addresses a request to conduct a demonstration project for electronic compliance with the Franchise Rule.
October 29, 2003
The FTC hosted a public workshop to examine issues relating to the marketing of violent entertainment to children. The workshop provided a forum for discussing the state of self-regulation in the entertainment industry and, in particular, children's access to products that have been rated as...
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 03-4
Discusses the application of the Franchise Rule to automotive paint matching businesses.
Report: The Effect of Consumer Testimonials and Disclosures of Ad Communication for a Dietary Supplement (The Endorsement Booklet Study)
A consumer survey was conducted to examine the communication effects of a promotional booklet for a dietary supplement. The booklet consisted entirely of three pages of consumer testimonials, primarily from senior citizens, touting the product's efficacy for treating various diseases and conditions.
Report: Alcohol Marketing and Advertising: A Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress (September 2003)
The Conferees of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees directed the Federal Trade Commission to study the impact on underage consumers of ads for new flavored malt beverages, and whether the beverage alcohol industry has implemented the recommendations contained in the Commission's 1999...
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 03-1
Discusses the applicability of the Telemarketing Sales Rule to third-party telemarketing companies hired by an insurance company to sell insurance products.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 03-3
Addresses a request to conduct a demonstration project for electronic compliance with the Franchise Rule.
Closing Letter: Thane International, Inc.
July 1, 2003
Public Event: Information Flows: Costs and Benefits Related To the Collection and Use of Consumer Information
June 18, 2003
The FTC hosted a public workshop to examine the costs and benefits to consumers and businesses of the collection and use of consumer information. In order to facilitate closer examination of the issues, the workshop focused on the collection and use of consumer information for particular commercial...
Closing Letter: Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.
May 28, 2003
Public Event: Technologies for Protecting Personal Information (Workshop 1: The Consumer Experience)
May 14, 2003
The workshops focused on the role technology plays for both consumers and businesses. Consumers may have more technologies available to help them protect their personal information, but it is unclear whether consumers are using these technologies and whether these products reflect the needs of...
Public Event: FTC Spam Forum
April 30, 2003
The FTC hosted a public forum to explore the issues regarding the proliferation of and potential solutions to unsolicited commercial email ("UCE" or "spam"). The forum also looked at how the unique qualities of spam contribute to and hinder both fraud and its prosecution.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 03-2
Discusses whether the Franchise Rule applies to a license agreement for the manufacture and distribution of a soil supplement.
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Closing Letter: Walgreen Company
March 18, 2003
Public Event: Public/Private Partnerships to Combat Cross-Border Fraud
February 19, 2003
The FTC held a public workshop on how to build public/private partnerships to combat cross-border fraud against consumers. The workshop explored how the private and public sectors can work together to identify, stop, and bring effective enforcement actions against cross-border fraud operators; any...
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 03-1
Discusses whether a franchisor must disclose a guilty plea involving a violation of the Ontario Gaming Control Act under section 436.1(a)(4) of the Franchise Rule.
Closing Letter: The Clorox Company
January 16, 2003
Closing Letter: Longs Drug Stores Corp.
January 13, 2003
Closing Letter: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
January 13, 2003
Closing Letter: Rite Aid Corp
January 13, 2003
Press Release: Quicken Loans Agrees to Settle FTC Charges That It Failed to Provide Adverse Action Notices to Online Applicants Who Were Not Preapproved for Credit
Quicken Loans Inc., a mortgage lender based in Livonia, Michigan, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to provide "adverse action" notices in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The FTC alleges that Quicken Loans failed to comply with the provisions of...


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Underwater for outer space
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet waves as he descends to a mockup of the International Space Station at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston, USA.
Training underwater is as close as it gets to experiencing weightlessness on Earth so spending time in a full spacesuit is used to practise techniques for spacewalks.
The training pool is the largest indoor swimming pool in the world, holding over 23 million litres of water, but it is still not large enough to hold the complete Space Station. Instead, specific parts of the Station structure are used as needed for training.
Support and training divers are on hand to guide the astronauts during their tasks. In space, the astronauts are aided by mission control and colleague astronauts on the Station.
A typical training session lasts up to six hours confined in the spacesuit 12 m underwater.
Thomas conducted this spacewalk training with colleague ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, both members of ESA's class of 2009 astronauts. Watch the slideshow below for more photos and follow their training on their own blog through the link to the right.


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(The Root) — Without question, the Supreme Court's health care ruling boosted President Obama's legitimacy and his chances to hold onto the White House in the November elections. But perhaps even more importantly, the court's 5-4 decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act may have salvaged the increasingly questionable legitimacy of the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts' decision to side with the court's four centrists is perhaps best seen not only as an act of leadership, but also as an act of self-preservation.
The leadership of Roberts has increasingly come under fire over the past year. The Citizens United campaign finance decision — which upended decades of precedent and reversed course from decisions the court had made only a few years prior — dealt a sharp blow to the public's confidence in the court. Roberts has quite rightly been singled out for particular derision, because the decision contradicted key elements of the assurances he provided to Congress and the public at his 2005 confirmation hearing.
Then he pledged to respect precedent, and recognized the particular corrosive history of 5-4 decisions in controversial cases. One year after pledging to serve as an "umpire," Roberts preached from the bench that "the only way to stop racial discrimination is to stop discriminating based on race"; in subsequent years he firmly ensconced himself in a rigid five-member conservative majority that ruled lockstep in cases that reversed decades of precedent on the standard required for plaintiffs bringing civil suits (Iqbal v. Ashcroft).
He also sided with right-leaning justices on the requirements for plaintiffs bringing class action suits (Wal-Mart v. Dukes) and of course on the question of whether limits may be imposed on the timing and manner of corporate giving to political campaigns.
The fact that these decisions have all been held by a bare majority of the court's justices has opened up Roberts' leadership for particular scrutiny. Part of the job of the chief justice is to protect the integrity of the court, and that sometimes means serving as chief arm-twister, stewarding the reputation and good name of the court during his tenure and recognizing who must take responsibility for thinking about the effect that particular decisions will have on the court and on the public. This may influence the chief's decisions about when to release the decision in a controversial case (there was no question that the health care decision would fall on the last day of the term) and to whom to assign the responsibility of writing the decision in a particular case.
Pushing his colleagues to join an opinion or issue a unanimous opinion in particularly controversial cases may also fall within the chief justice's responsibility. Chief Justice Earl Warren famously campaigned among his brethren for months, mindful that less than a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education would even further fracture the country and give Southern segregationists a toehold for their resistance to integration. The Little Rock Nine case, Cooper v. Aaron, was yet another instance in which it was important that all of the justices stand behind the chief's articulation of the court's power.
The importance of unanimous decisions in politically contentious cases has been recognized by the court under other chiefs since Warren. The Nixon-Watergate tapes case and even Clinton v. Jones were unanimous decisions of the court. If one reads the transcript of the oral argument in Clinton v. Jones and hears the deep skepticism expressed by both Justice Ginsburg and Justice Breyer about the prospect of allowing civil suits against a sitting president, it is apparent that something happened between the oral argument and the release of the decision to produce a unanimous decision allowing the Jones suit to go forward.
The nadir of Justice Rehnquist's tenure as chief was Bush v. Gore. Derision heaped on the court's decision because the case installed the Republican candidate as president. In addition, because of the embarrassingly thin reasoning of the court's opinion, the ridicule paled in comparison to the deep suspicion engendered by the fact that the 5-4 decision split along party lines. The sense of betrayal that accompanied that 5-4 decision — from both liberals and conservatives alike — should have served as a cautionary tale to Roberts.
Instead, he has been singularly unsuccessful in exercising the kind of leadership that presses the justices on the court to reach decisions reached by a larger consensus than that of the entrenched conservative majority. Thus, it came as no surprise two weeks ago, when it was revealed that the Supreme Court's popularity rating had dropped to an all-time low of 44 percent.
That is, until this week's health care decision. Justice Roberts' decision to break with his conservative compatriots to uphold the Affordable Care Act, given his track record as chief, is a monumental step forward in leadership on the court. The public's sense that the court is politically captured and rigidly ideological has been reinforced by decisions in which the four conservative justices all ruled together or in which the four centrist justices rule together in politically controversial cases. Every time a justice from either the conservative or centrist camp departs from their perceived ideological home to rule in a way that is surprising and unpredictable, it bolsters the legitimacy of the court in the eyes of the public. That's why the inclusion of justices from across the ideological spectrum in support of the majority decision in the Arizona immigration case (pdf) — despite some of the troubling aspects of the court's decision — also gave the court an institutional legitimacy boost last week.
By all means we should give credit where credit is due. Without question, President Obama should be pleased and even grateful that Chief Justice Roberts saved the health care law. But we should also remember that in so doing, the chief justice of the United States saved both the legitimacy of the court as well as his own.
Sherrilyn A. Ifill is a professor of law at the University of Maryland School of Law and a civil rights lawyer.
Correction: A previous version of this story stated that the Supreme Court's popularity rating was 28 percent instead of 44 percent. We regret the error. We have also clarified that justices from across an ideological spectrum (not only Justice Sotomayor), who supported the majority decision in the Arizona immigration case, gave the court a legitimacy boost last week.
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Chris and I went to a location with a little pond today for a photo shoot. While we were waiting, I found a little toad. I thought it would be fun to catch it and gross Chris out. He was a tricky little guy but I caught him! To which the toad responded with a surprising amount of urine.
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That is way too funny! thanks for the laugh. sorry i didn't call on your birthday, i have been so sick and out of it lately. but i do love you. i hope you had a happy birthday frog girl! ha ha
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Using social media to attract and retain customers and drive revenue requires more than a simple online presence: It requires a focused, well-planned business strategy.
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Successful marketing and communication has always relied to a certain extent on human interaction and word of mouth. But interacting with customers, partners and employees has taken on a new meaning. eMarketer predicts that 88 percent of businesses with a hundred or more employees will adopt social media for marketing purposes by 2012.
What makes social media so powerful—and scary—is that a hot product or service can go viral within hours. Conversely, a customer revolt or backlash can materialize out of thin air. In the age of the Internet, it's nearly impossible to sweep an issue under the rug.
"Companies finally have a way to reach out to their audience," Dempski says. "For 'followers' or people who click the 'Like' button, communication is not perceived as spam. It's entirely welcome."
Using this medium effectively means connecting with the audience through feeds, microblog posts and other tools. It's also about offering promotions and incentives that bond customers with the brand. Stuart Crawford, senior advisor and partner at consulting firm Ulistic, puts it this way: "Social networking is very much a sales tool. Sales and marketing professionals can engage with their market and become a trusted resource." However, it's about soft sell rather than hard sell, he advises.
A prime example of this concept is Adagio Teas, a 12-year-old retailer that sells premium teas online and in Chicago area stores. The Website, which runs on a Linux server and uses Perl and Mason (the company builds all functionality in-house), offers a spate of social media features.
Customers can post product reviews and ratings, read blogs, participate in "Tea Chat" discussion groups, share information about teas with friends by inputting their Gmail address and password (the site automatically promotes "friend" selections and preferences.), and receive tweets for their order and shipment status. "Social media is at the center of the business," says CTO Ilya Kreymerman.
One thing that makes Adagio unusual is that the company doesn't filter reviews for the 200 teas and other products it sells. "Everything is displayed in real time," Kreymerman says. "Once a customer orders from us and has an account, [the customer] can post at the site."
This approach, which many companies avoid, actually benefits Adagio in a big way. "We're able to use the data as market research, he says. "We make decisions about which teas to offer and which to kill off based on a combination of sales and customer feedback."
Adagio has also tied together an array of other capabilities. For example, customers can create custom tea blends—which the site then shares with other customers. When another customer buys a blend, the creator receives points that lead to a gift certificate. This spurs competitions among customers.
Likewise, Adagio offers points and discounts for sending friends a free $5 gift certificate (once it's redeemed) via e-mail, Facebook and Twitter. Finally, the retailer provides a Facebook "Like" button for all its products, and it uses Twitter to engage customers more fully. "Our goal is to get people passionate enough to visit the Website regularly and talk about us with their friends," Kreymerman explains.
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50 custom settings from the man who defined the sound of an era: Bob Rock.
While Metallicas groundbreaking "Black Album" may be one of the more commonly known works in his discography, Bob Rocks engineering and producing credits stretch all the way back to the late 70s and include some of the best selling acts in rock history: Survivor, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Mötley Crüe and Bryan Adams, just to name a few.
While this collection doesnt necessarily set out to replicate any specific production in Bobs catalogue, it sums up more than three decades worth of experience working back to back with rock royalty and gives you the broadest possible palette of tools for your mixes.
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Happy times are here again—sort of.
Fidelity Investments released its quarterly analysis of its 401(k) accounts on Thursday, finding that the overall average balance hit another record high.
The analysis, widely considered a benchmark of savers and the industry's overall health due to the sheer number of accounts and plan assets held at the Boston-based firm, found the average account stood at $80,900 at the end of the first quarter. It represents an 8.4% increase over one year prior when the average balance stood at $74,600 and 75% growth since the market low during the first quarter of 2009, when it dropped to $46,200.
Fidelity counts "continued contributions from the employee and employer as well as the strong equity markets" for the overall gains.
New analysis of 401(k) accounts of pre-retirees (age 55 or older) who had an employment history of 10 years or more with their current employer—and most vulnerable during the last market downturn given their short timeframe to retirement—showed very strong growth over the last four years. Average balance for this group reached $255,000 by the end of the first quarter, nearly double since the market low during the first quarter of 2009 when their balance dipped to $130,700.
"The basic savings principles we encourage workers to adopt, such as saving consistently and holding a balanced portfolio with an appropriate exposure to equities—even when close to retirement—were key factors in driving better outcomes since 2009," James MacDonald, president of workplace investing at Fidelity, said in a statement. "It's important to continually remind employees that sticking to this savings philosophy may not always reward in the short-term but may over the long term."
Unlike pre-retirees that stayed the course, the small percentage of pre-retirees (1.6%) who abandoned equities in reaction to market volatility in either late 2008 or early 2009 and never rebalanced experienced much more modest growth. Their balance grew 25.9% over the same time period with balances reaching $101,000 by the end of the first quarter from $80,200 at the end of the first quarter 2009.
"There is a valuable lesson to be learned from the minority of pre-retirees who abandoned equities altogether and experienced significantly less progress," MacDonald added. "It underscores the combined importance of a proper asset allocation and savings behavior as they planned for retirement within all that life entails."
The company says it's significant to note that nearly two-thirds (65%) of the overall average balance increase over the past year was due to gains in equities–which it says underscores the important role they play in saving for retirement. Just as important were continued contributions made by both the employee and employer which accounted for one-third of the increase in account balance.
Fidelity Investments claims assets under administration of $4.2 trillion, including managed assets of $1.8 trillion, as of April 30.


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Examples include heating and cooling surfaces in HVAC systems or a system for production of domestic hot water. Energy meters are also used to register heat consumption in each apartment in blocks of flats.
Heat meters used internally in buildings can be connected to BMS or special bus systems. This allows the superintendent or maintenance technician to read the meters via a computer. It eases the creation of heat consumption reports for blocks of flats, and can also be used to monitor a system, and register sudden spikes in consumption. These can indicate that a problem has occurred.


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